Bold Claims for Windows Vista
If you check out Microsoft’s Windows Vista hype page, you’ll come across a snippet on startup time:
A Windows Vista computer starts and shuts down as quickly and reliably as a television, typically within 2 to 3 seconds. Windows Vista processes login scripts and startup programs and services in the background so you can start working right away. You’ll also shut down and restart your computer less often by using the New Sleep state, a simple one-click on and off experience which not only reduces power consumption, but also delivers and protects user dat. [sic]
When they say typically, though, do they mean for a user with quad-3-Gz-processors and 6 GB of RAM? Or do they mean for 95% of home consumers? Microsoft also lets us know that they’ve optimized Windows Vista for common use patterns:
With superior memory management, Windows Vista is responsive—often more responsive than Windows XP on the same computer. In particular, it’s faster doing the tasks that are most noticeable—opening the Start menu, for example, or right-clicking a file in Windows Explorer to display a shortcut menu.
What I don’t like is how vague this all is:
Windows Vista includes fixes for known hangs and crashes, and new technology that will prevent many common causes of hangs and crashes.
What are “known hangs and crashes” that you’ve fixed? What is this new anti-crash techology? Did you invent and patent it, or are you simply implementing commonly known education ideas that haven’t been used in operating system design yet?
Nevertheless, if any of these are true, I’ll be Vista’s first customer. I’ll loudly proclaim its virtues and beauty, and convince all my friends, family, teachers, loves ones, hated ones, and random acquantainces to buy it. But only if it lives up to these bold but inspiring claims!
Incidently, the Vista site also has an RSS feed.
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This is so cool:
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Sony FS790 – A good deal?
I am planning to buy a Sony FS-790 notebook to replace my old and obsolete Dell Inspiron 8200. Here are the specs on this baby:
15.4″ WXGA TFT with XBRITE Technology
Wireless LAN (802.11 b\g) / Intel
NVIDIA GeForceTM Go 6200 with TurboCache
Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (2.0 GHz)
DVD+R Double Layer DVD±RW Drive
512MB DDR-SDRAM (DDR2-400, 512 MBx1)
120 GB Hard Disk Drive-Preloaded with 5 Sony Pictures movie titles.
3 Year Onsite Service Plan plus Accidental Damage Protection for Notebook
This will cost $2230.98, but I can’t find a better combination of power and portability anywhere else. Critical elements are the high-end graphics card, large hard disk, writable DVD, and widescreen LCD. I will also probably buy a 1 GB stick of RAM sometime in the immediate future.
If you know something good or bad about this Sony notebook, please leave a comment before it’s too late! Or, if you have a better suggestion, drop me a comment ^_~
